Issue #39 • September 30, 2025
Hey Seedradar Squad! This week, the investment focus was sharp and decisive: funding the infrastructure that powers the AI revolution. Two major Series D rounds for Apex and Empower Semiconductor signaled strong confidence in the companies. Alongside, we saw a critical advancement in trustworthiness as Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 4.5. The message is clear: the AI future will be built on massive capital, powerful hardware, and verifiable facts.
📈 Important News of the Week!
• Apex closed a $200 million Series D funding round, positioning the company, which manufactures productized satellite buses at scale, for its next phase of aggressive growth. This late-stage investment reflects strong investor confidence in the company's business model and its potential for market leadership. - Read More
• Empower Semiconductor has closed over $140 million in Series D financing. The round was led by Fidelity, highlighting investor confidence in the company's developing of power-efficient processors for AI data centers. - Read More
• Anthropic has launched Claude Sonnet 4.5, its latest and most powerful AI model, positioning it as the "best coding model in the world". The new model demonstrates significant improvements in coding, agentic capabilities, and computer use, along with substantial gains in reasoning and math. - Read More
💰 Hot Funding Rounds You Missed!
• Valence ($50M) -An AI-native leadership coaching platform, bespoke to each company, that helps managers and teams improve productivity and work better together. - Read More • Alvys ($40M) -An AI-powered transportation management system (TMS) that automates and orchestrates freight operations for carriers and brokers, from dispatch to delivery. - Read More • ReCode Therapeutics ($29M+) -A clinical-stage genetic medicines company using tissue-specific delivery to power the next wave of mRNA and gene correction therapeutics. - Read More
🌱 The Next Big Thing: Our Startup Pick!
🎯 This Week's Emerging Star: Throxy 1
Throxy, a Y-Combinator-backed startup, is automating outbound sales by operating as a fully managed growth partner. The company uses its proprietary AI and a hands-on team to find ideal prospects, create hyper-personalized outreach, and book qualified meetings directly onto a sales team's calendar.
By solving common outbound pains like slow reps and low-quality leads, Throxy's "done-for-you" service takes the entire prospecting burden off a company's plate. This allows sales teams to focus solely on closing deals, making Throxy a startup worth watching very closely.
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Disclosure: Seedradar Ventures and/or its general partner may hold investments in some of the companies mentioned in this newsletter. This content is provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice.
1 The general partner of Seedradar Ventures is an investor in Throxy.
